Progressive Bulgaria, the party led by former President Rumen Radev, won a landslide victory in general elections in Bulgaria, official results showed on Monday.

The party secured 44.6% of the votes after counting was complete. That means Radev's party is on course to win around 130 seats in the 240-seat parliament.

It represents a better-than-expected performance and appears to be one of the largest parliamentary mandates by any party in recent years.

Progressive Bulgaria finished far ahead of the pro-European We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) coalition, and the long dominant center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, or GERB party, led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borissovat.

Center-left coalition wins Bulgarian election

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